In this episode of If Walls Could Talk, Tom Harris reflects on the last year and what it meant for the SFP community.

In the polyurethane foam insulation industry, 2022 saw the impacts of the global pandemic. Everyone was impacted by supply chain issues, material availability issues and labor shortages. The demand remained high for spray foam and high efficiency insulations, but we struggled to deliver.

Perhaps the transition to new, low GWP blowing agents contributed as some spray foam resin manufacturers struggled to develop a marketable formulation—but the COVID combination of raw material delivery issues, supply chain issues and lack of installer labor certainly challenged the industry like we’ve never seen before.